Movements
| w | next word |
|---|---|
| W | next white space delimited word |
| b | previous word |
| B | previous space delimited word |
| e | end of word |
| E | end of white space delimited word |
| 0 or ^ | to the physical beginning of the line |
| $ | to the physical end of the line (ie. the newline char) |
| g0 | to the begining of the virtual screen line |
| gm | to the middle of virtual screen line |
| g$ | to the end of the virtual screen line |
| gk | up screen line |
| gj | down screen line |
| fchar | till the next occurrence of character ‘char’ (inclusive) |
| Fchar | till the previous occurrence of character ‘char’ (inclusive) |
| lchar | till the previous occurrence of character ‘char’ (exclusive) |
| Tchar | till the previous occurrence of character ‘char’ (exclusive) |
| G | end of file |
| gg | start of file |
| gd | go to the definition (first occurrence of the word under cursor) |
| {} | begging/end of paragraph |
| () | begging/end of sentence |
| [{]} | beginning/end of a code block |
| [[ ]] | beginning/end of a method |
| [* ]* | beginning/end of a comment block |
| % | find next open block char ({[ and jump to it’s matching close char |
| '. | go to the line with the latest change |
| * | search to the next occurrence of the word under cursor |
| # | search to previous occurrence of the word under cursor |
| /pattern | search to next occurrence of ‘pattern’ |
| ?/pattern | search to previous occurrence of ‘pattern’ |
| n | repeat last search (*,#,/,?) forward |
| N | repeat last search (*,#,/,?) backward |
Entering Insertion Mode
| i | insert at the cursor |
|---|---|
| I | Insert at the beginning of the line |
| g1 | insert in column 1 of the line |
| a | append after the cursor |
| A | append at the end of the line |
| o | open a blank line below cursor |
| O | open a blank line above cursor |
| r | replace character under cursor and exit insert mode |
| R | insert at the cursor in overstrike mode |
| cmov | delete (change) movement and enter insert mode |
| cc | replace entire line |
| C | delete (change) line and enter insert mode |
| s | delete character under cursor and enter insert mode |
| S | delete line under cursor and enter insert mode |
Deleting
| x | delete char under cursor |
|---|---|
| X | delete char before cursor |
| dmov | delete range of movement m |
| dd | delete current line (text moves up) |
| D | delete to the end of line |
| J | join the line below to the current |
| gJ | append the line below to the end of current line |
Block Modifiers
When dealing with blocks of text delimited by parentheses (), brackets [], braces {} or <> you can apply the command to either the contents of the block or the whole thing by following it with:
| iblk | inner block (everything inside braces, parenthesis etc…) |
|---|---|
| ablk | all (whole parenthesized block) |
Where ‘blk’ is ), } or >
Copy / Paste
| yy | copy current line |
|---|---|
| ymov | copy movement m |
| p | paste after cursor |
| P | paste before cursor |
| vipy | visual interior paragraph yank - copy the current paragraph |
Visual Mode
| v | enter visual mode highlighting 1 char at a time |
|---|---|
| V | enter visual mode highlighting 1 line at a time |
| Ctrl+V | enter visual block mode |
| aw | highlight word |
| as | highlight sentence |
| ap | highlight paragraph |
| ab | highlight a parenthesized block |
| aB | highlight a {} blocks |
| ib | highlight contents of a parenthesized block |
| iB | highlight contents of a {} block |
Special
| < > | indent left / right |
|---|---|
| . | repeat last command |
| u | undo last command |
| U | undo all changes on the current line |
| Ctrl+R | redo last undo |
| Ctrl+O | jump outwards (up-back) to the previous cursor position |
| Ctrl+l | jump inwards (down-forward) to the previous cursor position |
Completion
| Ctrl+X | enter completion mode |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | auto complete word in insert and completion mode |
| Ctrl+P | auto complete word in insert and completion mode |
| Ctrl+L | auto complete whole line in completion mode |
| Ctrl+K | dictionary completion completion mode |
| Ctrl+F | filename completion in completion mode |
Useful Tricks
| g-mov | toggle uppercase/lowercase on the range of ‘mov’ |
|---|---|
| gumov | lowercase the range of ‘mov’ |
| guu | lowercase the current line |
| gUmov | uppercase the range of ‘mov’ |
| gUU | upercase the whole line |
| g?mov | rot13 on the range of ‘mov’ |
Regexp Replace
:range/foo/bar/arg - replace foo with bar in ‘range’ with
Values of ‘range’:
| % | whole file |
|---|---|
| number | that particular line |
| none | apply to current line only |
Values of ‘arg’:
| none | apply to first occurrence |
|---|---|
| g | global (all occurrences) |
| i | ignore case |
| I | don’t ignore case |
| c | confirm each substitution |
| p | print the last line containing substitution |
| e | ignore errors |
Macros
| qchar | start recording macro storing it in register ‘char’ |
|---|---|
| q | end recording |
| @char | replay the macro stored in ‘char’ |
| :1,10 norm! @char | run the macro stored in ‘char’ over the 1-10 line range |